Myr W.117,511.extr; VOLUME XVII gmc►m.r3cc3A.7G. STANZAS. BY YITZ GREEN HALUECK The heart bath sorrows ,or its own, And gilds it veils from all, And tears, close-hidden from the world, In solitude will fall, And when its thoughts 'of agony, Upon the bosom lie, Even beauty ni her loveliness May pass unheeded by. 'Tie only on the hnppy That she never looks in vain, To them her snn New born of summer rain, As one whome home is heaven ; • being of n brighter world, To earth n season given. That time with me has been and gone, And life's best music novi Is but the winter's wind that bonds The leafless forest bough. And I will shun,'if that could be, LitlF .T. They bring back hours 1 would [bigot, And painful memories Yet. lady - . though too few and brief, There rite bright moments still. When lean free my prisoned thoughti,% 11-4-win-g-t-hem-whe-re--.1-wii • n then thy milt come o'er my heart Like henbeams o'Lq• the sea, And I can bow as once I bowed. When a!I WAS well with me ellg TO THE AMERICAN SOLDIER. W liinl traitors, lenguea with foreign foes, Against our g A hand of patriots sprung to arms, Although unused to war's alarms, And swore that all should meet the Lite. I=l Of traitors always, low and great, Who (hire attack with bloodstained hands, The rock on which our country stands. Two year.; hay. passed ;those gallant men. Have kept the oath that they made then, On mnny a field, their valor's shown ; On many a field, their bones are strewn ; They've bravely fought, and still shall fight, For Union and the cause of Right, Till Rebel hoots shall wield the way, To Union arms arta Union What though on many a Southern plain. Their blood has flown, 'tis not in vain ; That blood has been and st.ll shall be, A sacrifice for T.iberty. Though thtiy have died, they're, living vet, Their Aar of lame shall never set, . Their names are writ on Glory's scroll. And Heaven receives the patrie4i,Ml. itts.xlscmx_aJALw . .. Wasn't God with you, Mamma ? Our little three year old, on returning from a morning walk with his sister, 'came running to his mother with the question, staid with yon while we were gone, Inam Ina ?" `a remained alunc," was the re. ply. "Alone wasn't ;Ind with you, warn. ma!" was the quick response of tne arrleA s boy. Arc there not lessons thttly taught us by the simple faith of childhood ? Young man, tempted, reckless, wayward, vibrating between good and evil, ditseourag, ed by -1:11 iire. wwt nee o yen to't is tempter ? . Are yen alone? Isn't Gad with you, to succor and to save ? Bereaved and mourner, whose night has come at noonday, open your eyes. and you will see that you are not alone; listen to the voice that breaks in with loving tones upon sour loneliness—"Lo, I am with you always." Careless sinners, are you alone? Yes, a lone with God! Let the thought, "Thou God.seest trie,."owaken your nobler, higher, better nature, su that the consciousness of that eternal fact will bo the source of your purest joy. HELP YOUR ill'orzart.—We . have seen from two to six great hearty boys sitting by the kitchen .stove, toasting their feet, and cracking nuts or jokes, while their mother, a slender Woman, had gone to the woodpile ;or 'w uud, to the — well—fo *,tler---or—tc—the _ meat-house to cut frozen steak for dinner.— This is not as it sh-iuld be. There is much work aboutthe house too hard fur woman, 'Leavy:lifting% hard extra steps, which4hould be done by . those more able. Boys, don't --let--yotte-mother do allres-peeitftif- feeble woman. Dull, prosy house-work is . irksome enough at best. - It is a long work, too, it being impossible to tell when it is i quile_clum_and_th_en on the_ mca.reixt_t_he_ is,i ' whole; is to be gone over witkagnio. There is more of it than one is apt to think. We -wish some busy, all-day houseworker, would count lier steps for one day, and let us haw the result in miles.; let it be noted how ma ny times from tbe'stove to the wood-pile, to the pump, up and down_thestairs,-and-es • cially how uratiy times front the_stove—to_t. buttery.• only to attaok theeriffiem anotll:.] -er-direction—Unclelamea_writes_from M bile that they fear a Yankee raid in that di , reetion, and that every one is ready telonve. SO it is almost everywhere. One does not know where to go for safety, and the whole country-seems-in-constant fear of invasion. We hear very little . from the West; beyond the Missisgppi nothing. All_that country, Love and death enter boarding bousepl I fear,.is lost to us. Do not believe the Yan svithout acking, price of board: kec stories about the smallness of our West- Man is sometimes the slave of ten than sand imaginary evils. , The latest room in the worldis the "rooin for. improyexuent." . , ..., , ... -. - .V 4 e4 Ak, % „ IL, -. • •••-• , - . . ,1.5. .s • • ..... _ , .. ---- . . .!A , ••• : ',,, ':'• ' I- .1. :: •,,:.;, i t i'. I . g:-ST 7:;•ii:i5tLv.444414:14::14::. 1:1:".' .}Slill '-'''v.: ''.' :. : 171 41 ,„,..., _ 1 • \ •W ; .—.....i • b . e 0 A -. ._ -_ : :. , ...3W i ti#4,-)I 1 1 : 1" ,i. 7" 4.-, - , 4 4) ,-....4 , 11 - --al -,- ... Li •., .4, ~,.....,„, • , ..zur t -I".p, a , ' r . '• - • ' ____l I 's' i , . 44 , " • . 4 .:1. 4 0' LitrANW.l3 /,....,115.. S N . ' • .0.. • ' , .•-4 0.- - tylkr.„Ps . lit _,. 1 zifittit. . , • ~_4 - ., 7 -: "•- r' ''!`,.!•. 7. , " , . . • ~..,......k...... _r•-• _ =MEI IZEGIZEM •. The gunboats here, of which so much was. expected. amount to nothing. Only one 'is completed, and that is as slow as a tortoise• Two others are nearly done, but their guns have been sent to Charleston, and I dbn't be lieve they intend to finish the. • The city is full of disloyal people, and we can only trust our most intimate friends. What could we do•.if the Yankees should suddenly come upon us? I tremble when I think what may, happen. All the old soldiers have been sent to North Carolina. General Pickett's Divis ion, which had been here so long, was hur ried off,it was said for the purpose of Captu ring Newbcrn, but the real object was tickpve-_, vent a disturbance among flre — p - ettple-Wer never had much confidence in North Caroli na, and I believe one halt• the State would welcome the Yankees today. William says -our-au-h-oxities-414re—not-be:_too rigid_ with - them; but I think if a few examples were 1 . 4 . : •I a; • a . : Pi I . g 30astaaallir IVcriocm - ENstr)far Zresiztrxal ice. r"c•kiticts a l 7Ei.oli ion. WAYNESBRO', FRANIOLIN COUNTY, I ENNSYLVANIA.; FRIDAY - HORNING, MARCH 11, 1864. [PUBJASILED BY REQUEST.] IMPORTANT FROM REBELOOM, ing Letter from 'Richmond. me-xed intercepted letter faun) a fildraFitichniund to bier sister in Keutucky, gives an unusually interesting picture or affairs as they now exist in Rebel dun]. The connn_unication evidently eman ates from an intelligent and reliable source, -Arould—be---porused—with_care.--"N: Ifera Erclinc>ND, Feb. 10, 1864 My Dem. Sister—As our mutual friend, Mr. B---s, is' about to undertake the per. ilotis journey to Kentucky, I avail myself of 0 - le - opport ity-to-write-y ou_a_goccit ter.. We liave heard nothing from you in' nearly two }ears, and can well appreciate your anxiety concerning us. Our brave boy is dead—killed at Gettysburg .Oh, how we miss him; but the thought chat he fell in a ill i ble cause takes area • much of the bitter• ness, though it seems as in e seen • _.h i fln; It is...imps describe the glOoni that pervades all socie ty, and with all the alllieliens and doubts that oppress us, there in not one comforting gleam, except the hope of a speedy end or jthe war. I must confess that we have lost much of that assurance of success which mice buoyed uq up and pictured such bright visions of the future; but' our determination to hold out to the last it unabated, and we I comfort ourselves with the faith that Provi. denco will eventually reward our sacrifices and bring us safely out of the furnace that is consuming us. The rest of the flintily are all well. William is in the War Department; but we fear that 'the conscription will take him t 3 . Fie might et a commission, I sup pose; but we tr`tist the necessity for doing so-mill-m„.4-come upon u 'uusin John 'has 'left Charleston and gone taSavannah, though he yritcs me that the military auth rities pect au attack upon the city, ai that most of the peoplet s have removed lowly all their effects to the interior. Henry has taken hia family to NorthCarofina. Cousin Mary has been unfortunate. She became attached to an officer of' General Lee's staff, who cruelly !Rif exElmotlv 41113-ti. S fI t she couldn't live. The poor little thing died, and I think it was a blessing to it, as well as its mother, that it was so. - - Seeiety here is -utterly broken up. All fondness for fashion and pleasure seems to have been lost, and day after day piisses with nothing to relieve the prevailing dull ness. We see nothing but soldiers and the paraphernalia of war. The whole city is coverted into hospitals, prisons and . bilar racks, and our eyes have grown weary with the signs of strife. President Davis seems discouraged, and, I fear, is failing, rapidly. The responsibilities, disappointments and fault-findings of his friends have broken him down, and it is hardly probable that he wilt live to see the cud of the war. We had a great scare here when Butler attempted to eapturo Richmond, and I am surprised that so few precautions are taKen against a raid upon the city. We have a very small force here, and much .of that unreliable. Two companies of heavy artillery, five light bat teries, two companies of' cavalry and about four thousand citizen soldiers are all we have to defend us. 'There is a part of a North Carolina regiment guarding the Chickahominy, and seven.httu dred and fifty melt in Fort Darlinpbut these could not be of much service, and I should not he surprised it' the Yankee cavalry got into the city, released the prisoners and de stroyed the Capitol. The fortifications to warda the reniustila are very strong; but to. wards Hanover Court House and west of the city. WC have no guns or fortifications of any consequence• The citizen soldiers are not to be relied on in any emergency, and it is believed that the appearance of any consid erable force of Yankees would be the signal for a generals ump-e-dcz-12-h-e-INI-eadow-nridge and &Rom Bridge roads, of which you have heard so much, arc entirely exposed and some times I think the authorities aro wilfully blind to danger. much less trouble and apprehension. Charles ton still stands, notwithstanding': the bragga docia of the Yankees. Vic city is almost de erted-r-though,--4nd—the_grass_is_oetnall • growing in. all of the streets. I wonder some times why they don't take some of Beaure gard's troops and reinforce Gen. Lee. Nine teen thousand men, I should think, were more than is required to hold that place ' though it is thought that the enem have left Kor -141a-A--iir— t Tram - and Johnston thirty-five -thousand uien, be. sides the smaller commands scattered through the co•xutrv, that might be added to their forces in ease of emergency. Grnia SeeMS to he the only General the Yankees have had since McClellan, and if they will onlr give 17 — th l the Potr it him ain't — the Army o. Jtomac, or pu. in Washington, as we hear is proposed, we should have very little fear of results in the West. All hones are centered on Gen. Lee. Ills army has been very much reduced, leas ing him only - about - forty-five thousand-troops-.- His eavalty has been scattered through the counties below Gordonsville fin' the purpose of getting forage, and yon have no idea of the accounts of suffering we receive from the inhabitants where they are quartered - - The - whole - cavalry F. eems - t n isave-becirdemor-- alized into a baud of theives,- rol,bing alike both friend and foe. A great portion of the cavalry ha•-t been disbanded, to return in the .1) middle of March with fresh horses and new outfits. I fear a great maoy_wiil not go back, at wilLeither de-ert to the Yankees oultide in tt - - • .... ,le mJuntains. There are now several organize' gangs for opposing 'the. conscrip tion, and a number or our conscripting offi cers have been killed. The reports of desti tution are too true. Our soldiers do not get full rations hall' the time", and once they have been without meat tea days. These hard ships are daily growing worse, and what shall he dune to relive us we cannot imagine. Our supply of provisions ;s almost exhausted, and no one knows v.diere more is to COMO fiiim--I-t-is-trne-welrave - entrirgh - srnong - t - tre people tH live on; but supplies tor_ the Unity are almost unobtainiible. William says tire Government does not in tend to wait tor the Yankees to advance but will concentrate our armies; and strike where least expected in overwhelming, numbers.— This seems the' only hope of success. If we sh-o-uld-be-deleatet,Lthig sprier- I know not what will become of us. So many have he otne-disenuraged-that-I-believe-anotber-dis- -y- grer would almost break us up. All we' can do is to aid the noble army by our -example and contributions, and hope fur better things. I wish pot-could scud us a few' things, such as stationery, and those little indispen , sables of the toilet now so bard to procure. MM. ref - Vi : ~ulous prices and we are compelled to dress. with almost.ths simplicity of our servants. Our paper money is good for nothing. It I-takes a handfull to buy a pair or t-hoea, and an armful to get a dress. A hundred dol lars of Yankee greenbacks could be a small fortune. The' poorer classes are suffering ter rible, and there have been several 'cases of actual starvation.—Now, I have written you a long letter, much longer than I expected. Do not show this to any but your family, and burn it immediately after. 1 would not have it fall into the 'lauds of the Yankees for the world. Remember us to all who ever think of us, and write soon. _All join in much love. Can't. you send your photograph Your of sister, NARY.' Screeched a Little Miss Fitznancy, elderly maiden, charged Mr. Cleaver, the gay young man accustomed •to carry home her•macketiug, with having forcibly kissed hcrin the entry of her own house. Mr. Cleaver, though proud of his personal appearance, was short considering his whiskers; his height, even .in French boots, is only four feet eleven. Fitznancy, on the contrary, ran up a foot higher, and stayed there, being of a remarkably rigid dc portnicct. She swore the ablareviated yet amorous butcher• kissed by assault, and haul ed him up for it. Butcher, with some ex prmtsion of disgust, more emphatic than ne cessary. denied the charge. Cleaver had an antipathy. to 'scraggy'•women, and vowed•he had't kissed her and wouldn't. Money couldn't hire him to. Cross examined —Lawyer inquires of the viy:the circumstances—when, where, how-? Lady replies with peculiarity. On Monday iornin ,, ,_a_t 19 vielGek, in the entry_; reiiist ed all she could, but he persevered and tri umphed. Lawyer asked: "Did he stand on anything hilt the floor?" "Nu, he stood on the. floor ; no chair, no stool, or anything else." "But, rnadatu, this is intpossible—you are twelve inches taller. flow could ho reach your lips ?" Lady hadn't thought of that. But she was nut to be tripped upby the glihest law yer of them ; so she replies : . "Oh, ha—well 1 know !—yes, to be sure ! But then, you know ; .1 scrooched a filtk !" "Exactly I thank you, madam. That will do. Nothing further, your honor." Verdict. for the short defendant., A few dais since a gentleman being be- yond the limits of his neighborhood, asked a neo-ro if the road he was traveling led to a certain p ace. u 'ea gave tie require. formation, but seemed curious to know who the stranger was as well as his occupation. _For the tun of the_thing the traveller conclu• ded to humor Ebony a little and the follow in dialnue ensued : i'llly name is—, and as to t e .ust ness 1. follow, if you are at ail smart you can guess that from my appearance. Can't you see that I am a timber critter?" orhossiyono - timber-ontie ." "An overseer, then ?" "No, sir, you no look like one." "Don't think so, boss—dey don't ride in a sulky." tqVell how do you' think 1 would do Jor a .reacher-?" "1 sorter speets youis dat, eir." "Yelfew,-Ouffee ; ---you-iire-a---zreater-fool than I took you for. Don't I look more like a lawyer than anything else?" "No since, Bob ; you don't dat. "Why Coffee ?" "Why, now you see boss. I's been ridin' trill you for a nioro'n .ausile. an' you hain't cussed, an'- a lawyer-always-cusses." - AURA HAMLIN co.. ntMn'IAST FOREVER. Winter will not lest forever; Spring will soon conic forth again, A nil, with llerer, of every color, Deck the hillside and the plain. Lambs will soon in Gelds be sporting, Birds re•rcho from each tree, "Winter's gone ! its days are ended Wo aro happy—We are free !" If edge and tree will soon be budding, Soon with leaves be covered o'er; Winter cannot last forever ; Brighter davit am yet in store ! Sorrows will not last fotevex, Brighter times will come a g o i n , Joy our every grief succeeding, tho snow and ice of n inter Molt at the approacit of spring, do nili. all our earrs and trials Joh and pear;o, and com fort bring. \V lion the heart is r•ad and drooping, Think ohouoLyou be vexed 'Morrows cannot last forever ; Brighter days are yet in dtare! AIR. BLIFKIN'S FIRST BABY. BY B. li. :SHILL:USER The first baby was a great institution. As soon.as came into this 'breathing world,' as• the late Wtn. Shakesphero has it, he took coniinand 'in our house. Every lay was subservient to him. The baby was the bal ance wheel that regulated everything. Ile regulated the fond, he re.gulated the temper ature, he regulated the stmants he regula ted MO. For the first six months of that precious existence, he had made we get up on as ay '3ll.. Blirides,' says my wife, 'briog the light here, do; the baby looks straugely; rin afraid it have a fit.' - Th Of course the lamp was brought, and of , course the baby lay sucking his fist like a ''lrt:t.e white bear that lie was. 'Mr. Blifklns,' says my wife, think I feel a draft of air; I, wiFh you would get up Tr and see 11 lie winuow sm. cause baby might get sick.' Nothing was the matter with the wiadow, as I know very well. ‘Blifkins,' said my wife, as I was going to sleep again, that lamp, ss you have it, shines directly in baby's eyes—strange that you have no more consideration.' _ _ , I arranged the light and went to bed a gain, just as I was dropping off to sleep a gain, - 'Mr. said my wife,' did you think to buy that aroma to-day for the ba by?' My dear,'-said I, 'will you do mo the in justice to believe that I could overlook a matter so essential to the comfort of that in estimable child'' She apologised very handsomely, but made her anxiety the seape•goat. I forgave her, and without saying a word more to hor I addressed myself to sleep. . Blifkius„' said my wife, .shaking 'you must nut snore so—you will wake the baby.' 'just so—just so,' said I, half asleep, thinking I was Solon Shingle. Blifkius,' said. my wife, 'will you get up and hand me that, warm gruel from the nurse lamp for baby ?—the dear child if it wasn't for its mother I don't know what he would do. Huw can you sleep so Mr. Blif kins?' suspect, my dear, that is because I am tired.' 'O, it's very well for men to talk of being tired,' said my wife; don't know what you would say if you had ti toil and drudge like a poor woman with ft baby. I tried to sooth her by telling_her that she had no patience at all; and got up for the posset. atded, — m — v answering to to the_ baby's requirements, I stepped into bed again with the hope of' sleeping. '3lr. Biifkins,' said she, in a lciud key. I said nothing. 'o' dear,' said that estimable woman in great, apprent anguish, 'how can a man who has arrived at the honor of a live baby of his own, sleep, when he don't know that the poor . creature will live till morning ?' 'lt remained silent, alter a while, deeming that Airs. Blifkins had gone to sleep, I stretch ed my limbs for repose. Bow long I slept, I don't know, but I was awakened by a fu rious jab on the forehead- from some shaip instrument. I started up and Mrs. Blifkins was sitting up in bed adjusting some portion of the baby's dress. She had, in a state of semi -somnolence, mistaken my head for the sinew which she customaril used for a noc- turnal pin -cushion. I protested against such treatment in somewhat round terms—point ing to several perforations in my forehead. She told me I should willingly bear such ills for the sake ortbe baby. I insisted upon it that I didn't think my duty as a parent to the immortal, required the surrender of my forehead as a pin•eushion This was one of the many nights, passed in This way. The truth is, that baby was ghat evary - man a first - baby - is -an autocrat -absolute and unlimited. r l Such was the Story of Blifkins as he rola ' ted it to us the other day. It is a little ex- I agerated picture of almost' every man's ex . _permn_ce._—Boston—Evenin. Gazette. , A reward of one thousand pounds is offer; a_philosepher_for_the_ discovery_of ono_ single man who had ever asked for a "little good advice," and then followed it. A person in a publio company, aoeusing the Irish nation with being the most unpol ished in the world, was mildly answered by an Irish gentleman "that it ought to'be nth ' erwise. for the Irish . met with hard rubs nough to polish any nation upon earth. AN INCIDENT . It war; late. The limps of the cai''burnett! dimly'. In one seat. were a "happy couple:" rejoicing in a carpot-bag, two baud btxes, a i basket, a brown paper parcel, and a "sleep ing cherub." Su.dcienly the cherub -- a girl , i world-- , awoke from one of tluiso long untlis- 1 "What do yon mean.? stiy'sl the • Copper turhed aftunbera that arc among the prorog ' boaii•, atives of childhood, and climbed up so as to . "Yon knew," said Iluion "that during the stand and look 01:er the back of the seat.—' war with Great Britain, the British 'entered :wo-eare•wdro,-trarel-weary anti-1101-n wakel Ole lierber_and burned Ow toriti of New Lin wen sat directly in front of the little ores-; don " ture. They looked as if they had been on ' "Well, whet of that r saytt r. ' board of railroad cars for a month, and had "Why, somebody piloted thorn in, end journeyed from the regions Abou t sunset whenLhis dirty work was done, he came bottle The great curious eves of the child fell upon with the I➢ritish R cld, and hip neighbors, them.---She scanned carefully —the-Abee—of ;_hearing_of his preseore,_prorided themselves each;and one would have doetnell her to ' have been an infantile physopmist ently one of Them looked at. her. It was ev, ident that she rather liked hint ; fi,r instant- ly her little voice was heard_:- she piped out . "Well," says C. ' 1 the query : with it ?" ) "I)oya — lit - i - e — littlia 2- `'• czWi..ll - ,” — tcrii 1 The man looked at ber.a moment rather ! grand lathe: ' ) gruffly, and then replied 1 "No—l don't." A shade of disappointment and surprise I "Mark," the Washington corres,pdvdent of was instantly. dagurreotyped upon the noun- ' the Cineintiart o»nfanrcio/, thus skelcl;es tenanco of, the child, but passed array .when ; the Representative of 14th DistriCt of Ohio: ' 019 replied: , ' it is well done : "Yes, you do."; "George Bliss, .who represents the 14th The man roused' himself, and took another' District of Ohio, looks like a mean copper look. Ile was evidently both puieled and head, talksl like a 1110811eopperlicad,and votes interested, - and - lie - said," - llow-d-o-you-k-riow-?#like tunman_so_pperhead. His speeches aro And she said, "'Cause you_look as il . you i devoid alike of life and grammar — re his di - . , f did." 1 trict cannot improve him next fall, ,it. ongf This thawed him out a little, and he said, to be given over to the bats and Owls, and "have a little girl at home." . left , to legislate for itself in its own peculiar he little questioner pew evidently felt way, subject only to the Constitution of the that she was on the right ..‘trtick," and after' Southern Confederacy. If their is as much a, look that showed that this intelligence pro- bliss in ignorance as their is ignorance in _s_ertied_tCustLvi_tuidim_ex_p_e_ctod_v_iew of the of- 'Bliss, Knownothingisro must be a very high fair, renewed the conversation earnestly, and f condit;on to be tn." -- tho following colloquy ensued : - "Do you love your little girl ?" '•Vei." . " eqs she a real g-ood little girl 9" ‘•Sometiines she is-" "Does bile go.down Into - the kitchen -when s suit from a temnerate co n duct:lnd s w ee tn eF .a bbe ought not to r ' of manner to nilperNons on all and every oe • ••Yei c•aaion. Never forget then that you net a "1)o you whip your little girl when she is naughty ?" "Sometimes.P. "Does she cry when you talk to hor and tell her she is naughty ?" "Yes." "Veen do you whip her?" "Sometimes," 'When she says she is sorry, do you whip her then ?" "No, never." The little creature's eyes danced and. Ppnr kled at this, and d rnwing conclusions no doubt from her own experience, she exclaimed : '•l'm veal Then looking at. the other man who had refused to answer the queslion she had- put to him, she said to her newly-made friend, with a, look of wonder : "That man won't speak to me Doea he love little girls ?" The man had a heart somewhere, and he thawed out. Rousing himself, he extended his brawny hand, anti raid : 'How do you' do, Els ?" And the little creature, not altogether at ease, replied : "I'm pretty well; how are you ?" By this time all within hearing of thetol loquy were moved to tears; the eyes of the parents of the Milo prattler were to over flowing, and those who were nearest heard one of the men she questioned say to the oth er : `She's a little witch." And so she was. tier blooining beauty and her infantile artlessness were powerful enough to break through the roughness, the weariness, and reserve, and the indifference of the travel-worn moo of the world, and to -rnelt-thent-to-tears:---Ardurr-n—Arizerica) An Explosive Joke. The steamer S , commanded by "Captain S., exploded several years ago with terrible effect, and burned to the water's edge. Cap tain S. was blown into the air, alighting near a floating cotton bale. upon which be float ed uninjured, but niuch blaakeued and mud• ded. Arrived at a village several 'miles 11- low, to which news of the disaster had pri oeded him, he was accosted by the editor of the village newspaper: with whoni he was. well acquainted, and eager' for an item : "1 say, 1)03, is the S. blown up?'' "Yes." "\Vas Captain S. killed ?" "No-1 am Captain S." "The deuce you are : 11ow high were you blown?" igh-ertong-li-to-thi ok-orevlery-rnean-thing- I ever did in my lite before I lauded." The man of the quill started on a dead run for his office; the paper was about going to press, and not wishing to omit the- NM of intelligence for the next issue, two weeks off, verne a.; ro "The steamer $;, liturburaf her boiler, as _, , t i ip we-learn-from CaPt ", who says he was up long enough tow of every mean thing he ever did in hilt _ lout three months I' suppOse h A gentleman who bad married ;S,eoond time indulged, in recurring too ofteti4ii'con versation, to the beauties and virtues of his firatcansott—Hobill i however bitiol• cernn3cot enough to discover that'iho subject I 'was not an agreeable one to hie present lady. ,-"Excuscr-mcFmadam.-"—said—har!‘l,—cannot help expressing my vegrets'far the dear de -1 parted. -*Upon my honor," Said the lady, "Lean moat heartily affirm that I am as sin cere a mourner for her as you can be." The increase, 'sar the gold product sines the war, is said to be' nearly I,)rty millions of dollars. si.d4 Vox' sZ"4•,xs, A Ftr o n r 100 irai detvitriciag t inirneasurabte,orius,;too4l4it4Statesgor..c ornmetit and, t.h,c pt , •ar,, , *tlcti",t.fig,t.n,mpan,y was joined by a tioe:gblinr, -meta, and a(ter listOnin'dfor sonic tits©, Ire: lutei rupteri him with thin'romark "YOU came lintieetly by yitur ptincipleg ; I • . . with ttnleS, anti made s him an evening e a li o when beimirbr bis-e-tvape by the back dnnr, and fle.l . to tb i41:111,1 of lip rmudu , and d;ed thorn " • MEER A 'l3 s"-Fr liliPftriliSTATlVE. • LADIF.s, P.%sir..rtirsi co; Youtt :11ittitori. —"I cannot forbear pointiu:_r out to yo', my clea)est said Lord l;olliugwo o d t 0 his datiph ter, "the Meat ariva otages that trill re- gentie•roman, and a your wor t ti anc ac Lor a should mak? , you gentle. I never heard yonr mother—your dear good mother—hay a hard or hasty thing to arybody in my lite. En deavor to imitate her. l :nu quick and---tia— ty in my tempts?: but, my darling, it is a misfurtutte which, not havin?, been sufficient ly restrained in my youth, has caused iaes pressible pain. tt has given me in ire trou• hie to subdue this impctuos:ity than anything I ever undertook." - I=l WitAT AIM DOGS Wifiatt ?—We learn, that the dogs got among the Merinoes of J. M . Patwon reql , of this eaunty, and de stroyod MOO worth of sheep. Whg, are a those dogs worth What are the dogs in this titz;to worth? There are not aOOO worth of dogs hotw•een the two oceans, worm' except the shepherd dens and terriers. In Jefferson county recently, a citizen died the horrible, (loath which follows the hire .of Jog—S;x mouths alter he was bitten. Who is safe? Not the lives of all the dogs in the State arc worth as much as ft ClLiZeti'e. We arc in faror of icgiSlatiou that shall leg islate dogs, where they can kill no more sheep, cause no more deaths, uor endanger our chil dren's 'lives, reader. Mere. e 's Ru t - a / N e w Yorker. A country fellow*, just came to town ,7a ping about in every shop ha came to, at last carob in to an insurance office, where seeing only one man sitting at a desk, he could not imagine what commodity was sold there but calling to the clerk, he said:— "Pray sir, what do you keep to sell here?" -Loggerheads :" cried -the clerk. • yon?"_ answered the countrymen, "then -you have a precious goad trade, for ttee-you:have-bn-s-ene-left-l" Pm,— We have some German friends up at Galena, who, -in daily• conversation, use the English language but the mother teach- Is her chilk . .en , the same German prayers she used to repeat in _her childhood, away back on the banks of the 'Rhine. One night as little Ernst, a precocious chap of some four summers, was quietly going through his evening, dev:oticnis he suddenly electrified and astonished his pious mother by exclaiming: -Mai why tie we always talk Yankee and pray German ? Is God a Dutchman ?" The Governor of Now York has signed the hill to alter the constitution so as to al low soldiers; to vote, and has appointed the second Titesday in March for the matter to' be voted upon by the people. are - r - u — goirrp-,!" — naked a—litt boy of another, who had fallen down on an icy pavement. "Going to gat up!" was the blunt reply. FelsAbood is often rooked by truth, but • her nurse Everybody sits in judgement-on—a -dirty sin; but clean it, dress it, polish' it and there are-ten_thmus •• • ._o who think it not so eiPall after all The most pure and exquisite pleasure which a man can experience, is the . n: pent when the girl of whom he is doubtful, eon essys that Blur-loves-4' ~ The ladies orEast Tennessee are represen jai. They improve every opiiortanity to kiss the dear — Old- flag, and now and then kiss' iti'g'ood.looking de fenderti; ' When is leather like a fashionable women? When it is well dressed. - - neetio_nabie to d as_un Northern Copperheads; ore port of., dough-minions of Jeff. Davis II;r. N B II; It 43. what has all thlt to ,to
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